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After an investigation into what is being called “inappropriate behavior,” that included alcohol and allowing a female student to stay overnight in his hotel room during an overnight trip to a cross country meet in November of 2013, a male Bryan County High School teacher has chosen to resign effective immediately, Paul Brooksher, superintendent of Bryan County Schools said Friday morning

When the allegations were brought to the attention of human resources on April 17, the unnamed teacher was placed on leave so “a thorough and impartial investigation could begin the same day” according to Brooksher.

“Bryan County Schools’ number one priority is its students and we take any allegation regarding employee misbehavior very seriously. These type allegations will always be investigated to the fullest extent possible,” Brooksher said.

School system officials said they also reported the allegations to the Department of Family and Children Services (DFACS), the Bryan County Sheriff’s Department, via its School Resource Officer, and the Professional Standards Commission.

Bryan County Sheriff Clyde Smith said after the announcement from Brooksher that he had been in contact with school system officials and his department would be investigating.

“We will get with the schools and look into it to see what the facts are,” Smith said. “We have to.”

Car smashes into post office

A car crashed into the U.S. Post Office’s Bingville Station Friday afternoon, slamming through the building’s front doors and forcing it to close much of its operations.

The post office, at 52nd and Montgomery streets, remained open only for P.O. Box mail pick-up, as crime scene tape remained around the damaged portion of the building.

Police said the driver of the vehicle, who appeared to have accidentally accelerated into the post office, received minor injuries and was transported to Memorial University Medical Center.